Touchpad turns your iPhone into a remote trackpad
By Joshua Topolsky 
posted February 21st 2008 2:02AM
posted February 21st 2008 2:02AM
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I've been using this, it works great...All that's missing is a Mac laptop style 2 finger tap/scroll...
I'd like to see a version that actually gives you a zoomed in view of wherever you are on the screen, so that you can see what you're clicking on without even looking at the monitor.
Thanks but I'll stick with Stylish for my WinMo PDA, oh, wait, thats like 5 years old. Yet now that the iPwn does it, its cool again?
More crapple nonsense. Seriously, this is old. like, years old. My old Toshiba e355 had this on it.
Yeah but HOW BIG was that screen and with the iPhone they could very easily implement 2 finger gestures as mentioned above... Regardless, let's not get into the iPhone vs. Windows Mobile, I don't wanna make you cry in public...
Why genius people always use windows? (that was an ugly windows2000 style desktop though..!)
someone probably did this on a mac a year ago.. we just didnt hear about it
impossible. if there is something Apple is good at, its marketing and ads. They will have it write in bold letters all over the web!
Indeed they did already do this on a mac. Salling Clicker comes to mind first. I don't know if it's compatible with an iPhone, but it works with my Windows Mobile phone.
Not to worry, it's VERY much a wow factor that you'll use for 5 minutes then never touch again because it's incredibly impractical. It does have all kinds of other features like media remotes though that are much more practical. Who needs the Apple Remote?!
cool, now all i need is an iphone
bring out the nintendo DS version !!!!!!!!!!
while not exactly the same there's a similar app that lets you control your desktop or use the ds as a mouse, its called ds2win
sorry to be the one sane guy here but this has been available on windows mobile devices for YEARS using salling clicker
Ah, the joys of jailbreaking.
Seriously, if you haven't done so already, I have this to say:
Do it.
its actually not very impressive... you better use a mouse or a wacom!
Now that's just a cool idea. Wish I had an Iphone to try it out. No way I'm moving to AT&T though. Any one know if it works on the iPod Touch.
Mike
http://packratstudios.com
As mentioned Salling Clicker already does this but for tons of phones - both WinMo and Symbian and, if you choose, over wi fi. But what I love is the inventor's "just like on a regular touchpad" comment. It would be great if people were using their genius to create things that don't already exist rather than just emulating those that do....but with an iPhone!
If it weren't for the fact that this is about ten times easier to use than Salling Clicker's mouse control or VNsea, I'd agree with you. As it is, if you can see your computer screen this is pretty much the best usage experience I've had with direct control from a remote device - other than another computer, of course. And this is version 0.01.
I'd like to see someone create an application that allows you to control your Media Center PC - in a way that is much easier than using the iPhone as a trackpad. Maybe someone could even figure out how to allow the iPhone to run Vista's new sideshow feature.
I always thought the Zune should be a sideshow remote control for the Media Center, but unfortunately Microsoft isn't going to be doing that anytime soon.
Indeed, there already is a very good Mac product that takes advantage of the iPhone as a remote control; IOSpirit's Remote Buddy (http://iospirit.com/remotebuddy/). It installs a small HTTPD on your Mac and you then interact with it via MobileSafari. It's not ideal (and I'm sure they'll release a native client once the SDK is released), but it still works rather well. You can use it to choose music from your iTunes library as well as things like watch a live feed of your iSight camera from your iPhone - a neat little security feature.
Some tips if your trying to do this. Instructions for windows.
You need a wireless router or be connected to one. Install TightVNC, google it. install it, during install you must click start or restart service (towards the end). Start TightVNC Server. Make up a primary and view only password in that window. Click ok. Install touchpad on iphone (instructions in video). Open up touchpad, click the + button enter a name, for the address hover over the tightvnc icon in windows next in the taskbar. It will give you three sets of numbers, ex: 192.168.1.103, type in into that field on your phone. Then add the port, ex: 192.168.1.103:5900. To find out your port for sure: double click the vnc icon on the taskbar and it will be greyed out, its above the word (main). OK out for there again. Enter the password you made up. tap save. then tap the name you created and it should connect and work. if it don't, it's probably your firewall and you will need to make an exception for the port tightvnc uses (ex: 5900) OR if your just testing it, temporally disable your firewall.
I think this video shows a far better use for such a technology: http://youtube.com/watch?v=jKclWxnz-Do
Can it make Jack Black not be in about School of Rock?
Great, more fingerprint marks..
Now if it did multi-touch on the desktop I'd be impressed. But as is, meh.
This is sweet. Can't wait to try it out.
I had this idea ever since the iphone was hackable! But I envisioned it utilizing Bluetooth and not WI-FI....
@ joseph
WHAAAAT???
We'll start on this CRAPOLA... tomorrow!
This works incredibly well om both my XP pc and my eeePC with Xandros. I use a 32" tv as a monitor and this saved me from buying a media remote that works with both. Heres a quick demo and pics of this working in linux http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=16797
i juat installed this. am acrialy scrolling to this page and typing using the touchpad app. SICK!
More access, easy to install, free, go to www.pc2me.net or get the upgraded version at myF2P.com. Check out the comparisons... These products are top notch compared to others out there.